I am the author of the Serafina Series and the Willa of the Wood Series published by Disney Publishing Worldwide (Disney-Hyperion Imprint). My first book, SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK, is a historical mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller, has been on the bestseller list for 60+ weeks, and won the 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize for representing "the best in Southern literature." The second book in the series, SERAFINA AND THE TWISTED STAFF, became a #1 New York Times bestseller in its first week. Kirkus Reviews gave it starred review, saying, "Even better than its predecessor, a sequel that delivers nonstop thrills from beginning to end." The third and fourth books in the series catapulted Serafina onto the New York Times Best Selling Series List. A mixture of history, mystery, and magic, the Serafina Series is now being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. My second book series with Disney-Hyperion is WILLA OF THE WOOD, which became a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Set in 1900, it is the story of a 12-year-old forest girl who lives deep in the Great Smoky Mountains and must save her world from the invasion of industrial loggers. The second book in the series is WILLA OF DARK HOLLOW.The graphic novel version of SERAFINA AND BLACK CLOAK was published in April 2023.My seventh novel with Disney-Hyperion is titled SYLVIA DOE and the 100-YEAR FLOOD. It earned a STARRED REVIEW from both Kirkus Reviews and Publisher's Weekly. Award-winning author Kwame Alexander described as "Magical realism at its best!"

Beatty Robotics is a small robotics company founded and operated by my daughters and I. We build functional Mars Rovers and other robots for hands-on science centers and space museums all over the world. www.beatty-robotics.com

A cutting-edge publisher of many of the most respected luminaries in literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, Narrative Magazine has been named the "gold standard" of online literary magazines. Narrative publishes the top echelon of Pulitzer Prize winners and other award-winning authors as well as emerging new talents.

One of the early pioneers of cloud computing, Plex Systems provides fully-integrated management information systems to high-tech manufacturing companies around the world, including aerospace and defense companies, automotive suppliers, electronics manufacturers, and many more. The Plexus Online system is a comprehensive cloud-based ERP system that supports and interconnects all the departments of a manufacturing company, from the shop floor to the top floor: engineering, quality control, production control, manufacturing execution, bar-coded inventory control, machine and robotics control, accounting, purchasing, HR, communication, and much more.

One of the early pioneers of cloud computing, Plex Systems provides fully-integrated management information systems to high-tech manufacturing companies around the world, including aerospace and defense companies, automotive suppliers, electronics manufacturers, and many more. The Plexus Online system is a comprehensive cloud-based ERP system that supports and interconnects all the departments of a manufacturing company, from the shop floor to the top floor: engineering, quality control, production control, manufacturing execution, bar-coded inventory control, machine and robotics control, accounting, purchasing, HR, communication, and much more.